Oscar Season Has Arrived
Academy Awards nominations were announced today! Congratulations to all the nominees, especially those associated with the four films based on books from Vintage and Anchor: Julie & Julia, Precious, Up in the Air, and The Last Station.
Click on the movie and book titles below to read excerpts and find out more.
Browse the complete list of Academy Award nominees here.
Julie & Julia (based in part on My Life in France)
• Best Actress: Meryl Streep
Precious
• Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe
• Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique
• Best Director: Lee Daniels
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best Picture
Up in the Air
• Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga
• Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick
• Best Actor: George Clooney
• Best Adapted screenplay
• Best Picture
The Last Station
• Best Actress: Helen Mirren
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer
The Lovely Bones (available in a Spanish-language edition: Desde mi cielo)
• Best Supporting Actor: Stanley Tucci